Closure



April 37- v J. P. FRIEDMAN! 2,078,874-

CLOSURE Filed July 24, 1936 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 open position, and

Patented Apr. 27, 1937' PATENT OFFICE CLOSURE Jacob P. Friedman, Bronx, N. Y., assignor to Hockless Fastener Company, a corporation of Pennsylvania Application'July 24, 1936, Serial No. 92,375

6 Claims. (01.2-243) This invention relates to garments, particularly to the construction of slide-fastened or zipper closures in various garmentsyfor example skirts and dresses.

One of the objects of the invention is to provide an improved form of closure, such as a. skirt or dress placket which will be neat and inconspicuous, preserving the appearance of a neatly tailored garment, and concealing the slide fastener or zipper. fl

Another object is to provide an improved method or sequence of operations in making the garments which reduces the cost of construction, is adaptable to production in quantity, and which facilitatesthe making of neatly tailored,

. slide-fastened garments.

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Fig. 5 is a cross section illustrating the final step in the construction of the closure proper,

Fig. 6 is a plan view of the finished placket in Fig. 7 is a plan view of the finished placket in closed position.

' In carrying out the invention I first place together the outside faces of a front panel In and -a back panel II and join them together by The next step is shown in Fig. 2. The edges Illa. and Ila of the seam are folded back and a slide fastener I4 approximately one-half or three-quarters of an inch longer than is required for the opening is closed and laid under the folded edge I Ia of the panelv I I with its bottom stop or end I5 opposite the notch I3. If desired a shield l6 may be placed under thev fastener. The fastener is then sewed to ed'ge Ila by the seam II, the sewing 'machine being run from bottom to top of the, fastener, as indicated by the arrow in Fig. 2. During this operation the slider I8 the patent to Seaver,

The edge of the panel III is marked by a is maintained at the closed end of the fastener and beyond the edges III of the panels, that is, beyond the end of the side seam I2, so as not to interfere with the rapid passage of the presser foot along and adjacent to the interlocking elements of the fastener in forming the seam II. In Fig. 2 the sewing machine is diagrammatically indicated. by the presser foot 2i, needle 22, and plate 23.

Preferably I use a slide fastener as shown in 10 No. 1,964,485. This fastener includes a cross tape 24 near the lower end. Preferably in forming theseam II a tack is made at the cross tape.

In the operation shown in Fig. 3 the assembly 15 as so far completed is customarily turned over, but for the sake of clarity in illustration the elements are shown throughout the various figures in the same relative positions, and in Figs. 3 and 4 the inversion is represented by inverting the diagrammatic illustration of the sewing machine.

In the operation shown in Fig. 3 the edge Illa of the front panel III is folded out flat into the position it occupied in Fig. 1 and the second stringer of the slide fastener is sewed to this 25 edge by the seam 25, running the machine from top to bottom of the fastener, as indicated by the arrow, the shield I6 being folded out of the way for this operation. In sewing the seam H a tack is customarily placed through the cross tape 24.

As shown in Fig. 4, the main body of the front panel I0 is then folded on the side seam I2 into the position it occupies when the skirt is worn, and the finishing seam 26 is sewed from bottom to top of the fastener, as indicated by the arrow in Fig. 4. This seam passes through the main body of the front panel III, the edge Him and the slide fastener. It will be observed that the elements now are disposed in the position they 00- 40 cupy when the skirt is worn and that one stringer of the slide fastener is attached to the back panel 'II and to the shield I6, while the other stringer of the slide fasteneris attached to the front panel Ill. The hemmed edge of the front panel forms a flap covering the slide fastening to be controlled by the slide fastener. This may be done in any suitable manner, for example, where the invention is applied to a skirt, the skirt is usually finished by a waist band 30 sewed to 5 the edges of both the front and back panels. and the ends 3| of the stringers of the slide fastener are sewed under the waist band on each side of the opening, as indicated in Fig. 6. The waist band may be finished in any suitable manner. As shown in Fig. 7 for the purpose of illustration, the waist band is provided with the overlapping portion 32 which may be secured in place when the skirt is closed by any suitable arrangement, such as hooks and eyes or a button 33.

' The tack l2a provides a reinforcement for the side seam at the end of the opening and tends to prevent tearing the side seam when the placket is opened.

It will be observed that the skirt, except for -the final attaching of the waist band, is completely finished to provide the same tailored construction it would have if no fastener were used.

The fastenerin its closed position is applied to this tailored finished construction. Therefore after the side seam is ripped and when the garment is worn, closing of the fastener will always place the parts of the placket in exactly the same position they would occupy in a tailored skirt without a fastener. This provides a neat tailored 0 appearance to the placket.

What I claim as my invention is:

l. The method of making a closure in an article which consists in joining two pieces of material by a sewed seam, attaching a closed slide fastener to the two pieces of material along a portion of the seam, and subsequently removing the stitches of said portion of the seam to provide a controlled opening which when closed will secure the pieces of material in the positions they occupied when sewed together.

2. The method of making a closure for the placket of a garment which consists in sewing the usual side seam joining two pieces of material of which the garment is made, attaching a closed slide fastener to the two pieces of material along a portion of the seam, and subsequently removing the stitches of that portion of the seam to provide a controlled seam opening which when closed will give the garment its normally tailored appearance.

3. The method of making a closure for the placket of a garment which consists in stitching the usual side seam joining two pieces of material of which the garment is made, attaching a closed slide fastener to the two pieces of material along a portion of the seam with the interlocking elements disposed on one side of the stitches, and subsequently removing the stitches of said portion of the seam to provide a controlled opening having a single flap concealing the interlocking elements of the fastener.

4. The method of making a closure in an article which consists in stitching aseam to Join two pieces of material, stitching a closed slide fastener to both pieces of material along a portion of the seam while maintaining the slider of the fastener at one end of the fastener and beyond said portion, subsequently removing the stitches in said portion of said seam to form a controlled opening in the article, opening the closed fastener either before or after removing said stitches, and subsequently treating the end of the slide fastener to confine the slider to a position between the ends of the opening formed by removing the stitches.

5. The method of making a closure in an article which consists in stitching a seam to join two pieces of material, securing a closed slide fastener to both pieces of material along a portion of said seam and with the slider of the fastener disposed beyond the edges of the material, removing the stitches in said portion of the seam, opening the closed fastener either before or after removing the stitches, and treating the end of the slide fastener at the edges of the material to confine the slider within the length of the material.

6. The method of making a closure in an article which consists in stitching a seam to join two pieces of material, securing a closed slide fastener to both pieces of material along a portion of said seam and with the slider of the fastener disposed beyond the edges of the material, removing the stitches in said portion of the seam, opening the-closed fastener either before or after removing the stitches, applying a finishing strip to the edges of the material and securing the ends of the fastener to said strip.

JACOB P. FRIEDMAN. 

